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Verses For Discipline & Faith
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And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear the word,
Mark
GospelsFor no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church:
Ephesians
Pauline Epistles / PaulMy soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips:
Psalms
PoetryAfter him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
Nehemiah
History / NehemiahHe withdraweth not his eyes from the righteous: but with kings are they on the throne; yea, he doth establish them for ever, and they are exalted.
Job
Wisdom / JobAnd he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Genesis
LawAnd David's two wives were taken captives, Ahinoam the Jezreelitess, and Abigail the wife of Nabal the Carmelite.
1 Samuel
HistoryAfter these things, and the establishment thereof, Sennacherib king of Assyria came, and entered into Judah, and encamped against the fenced cities, and thought to win them for himself.
2 Chronicles
History / EzraAnd Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
Genesis
LawAnd Joktan begat Almodad, and Sheleph, and Hazarmaveth, and Jerah,
1 Chronicles
HistoryAnd his concubine played the whore against him, and went away from him unto her father's house to Beth-lehem-judah, and was there four whole months.
Judges
History / SamuelFor he clave to the LORD, and departed not from following him, but kept his commandments, which the LORD commanded Moses.
2 Kings
History / JeremiahAnd Bath-sheba went in unto the king into the chamber: and the king was very old; and Abishag the Shunammite ministered unto the king.
1 Kings
History / JeremiahFor by thee I have run through a troop; and by my God have I leaped over a wall.
Psalms
PoetryThe flakes of his flesh are joined together: they are firm in themselves; they cannot be moved.
Job
WisdomHave mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.
Psalms
Poetry / David and othersBut Elymas the sorcerer (for so is his name by interpretation) withstood them, seeking to turn away the deputy from the faith.
Acts
History / LukeAnd after those days we took up our carriages, and went up to Jerusalem.
Acts
History / LukeA whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.
Proverbs
Wisdom / SolomonIn that day shall his strong cities be as a forsaken bough, and an uppermost branch, which they left because of the children of Israel: and there shall be desolation.
Isaiah
Major Prophets / IsaiahYe shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Exodus
LawThe Lord sent a word into Jacob, and it hath lighted upon Israel.
Isaiah
Major ProphetsAnd when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately.